Drawer

ABSTRACT

A drawer ( 1 ) having a drawer side wall ( 2 ) on each side, a rear wall ( 3 ), a front terminating wall, a drawer base plate ( 4 ) and transverse dividers. A horizontal rail ( 6 ) is arranged on the inside of each drawer side wall ( 2 ), extending from the drawer rear wall ( 3 ) to the front terminating wall. The rails ( 6 ) are provided with holes and/or depressions ( 13 ) in which holding tabs or the like of the dividers may latch.

[0001] The invention relates to a drawer having a drawer side wall oneach side, a rear wall, a front terminating wall such as a front wall orfront panel, a drawer base plate and transverse dividers that extendfrom one drawer side wall to the other, with a horizontal rail beingarranged on the inside of each drawer side wall, extending from thedrawer rear wall to the front terminating wall and being provided withholes and/or depressions in which holding tabs or the like of thedividers may latch.

[0002] Drawers having dividers are known. The dividers may be formed bypartition walls or by rods. Advantageously, the drawer side walls orpush-on walls for the drawer side walls are provided with holes ordepressions in which the dividers latch by means of holding tabs. Thismakes it possible to position the dividers simply in the drawer whilestill ensuring the dividers are held securely.

[0003] The drawer side walls or push-on walls are, in accordance withthe prior art, made from plastics material or metal, because these mayreadily be provided with the holes or depressions during manufacture.

[0004] The object of the invention is to provide a drawer in which thedrawer side walls may be made from a wood material, for examplechipboard, and yet simple mounting of dividers is still possible.

[0005] The object of the invention is achieved in that the drawer sidewalls are constructed without holes or depressions and the rails abutlaterally against the drawer side walls without being anchored thereto.

[0006] The invention may also be applied advantageously to drawershaving side walls made of plastics material or metal. The drawer is madewith closed drawer side walls without holes or depressions, which ispreferable from the point of view of its appearance and as a result ofwhich soiling of the drawer can be kept to a minimum. If no dividers aredesired, the drawer can also be used without the rails according to theinvention. If, however, dividers, either in the form of rods or in theform of flat partition walls, are to be inserted into the drawer, thenthe rails according to the invention may readily be made to abut againstthe insides of the drawer side walls and anchored there. It is thenpossible to secure the dividers as in the case of drawer side walls withholes.

[0007] Advantageously, it is provided for the rails to have at least atone end a spring press-on part by means of which they are supportedagainst the rear wall or the front terminating wall of the drawer.

[0008] A further example of embodiment of the invention provides foreach rail to be supported against the drawer base plate by way of twosupporting struts.

[0009] In order to improve the connection between the rail and thesupporting struts, in a preferred example embodiment of the invention itis provided for the supporting struts to have on the upper edgeprojections that are received in depressions or openings in the rails.

[0010] Example embodiments of the invention will be described below withreference to the figures of the attached drawing, in which:

[0011]FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view of an item of furniture having adrawer according to the invention, with partition walls being insertedinto the drawer as dividers,

[0012]FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic view of an item of furniture having adrawer according to the invention, with dividers in the form of rodsbeing inserted into the drawer,

[0013]FIG. 3 is a plan view of a drawer,

[0014]FIG. 4 is a vertical section through a drawer side wall and a railaccording to the invention, and

[0015]FIG. 5 is a longitudinal section through a drawer according to theinvention.

[0016] The drawer 1 according to the invention comprises, inconventional manner, two drawer side walls 2, a rear wall 3, the drawerbase plate 4, a front wall 11 and a front panel 5. It goes withoutsaying that it would also be possible for only one front wall 11 or afront panel 5 to be provided.

[0017] The drawer side walls 2 are made from a wood material in theexample embodiment shown.

[0018] Dividers in the form of partition walls 8 or partition rods 9 areinserted into the drawer 1.

[0019] Arranged on the inside of each drawer side wall 2 is a rail 6according to the invention. The rail 6 is not secured to the drawer sidewall 2 but is supported against the drawer rear wall 3 and the frontwall 11 by being expanded.

[0020] The height h of the rail 6 is less than the height H of thedrawer side wall 2 as measured in the interior of the drawer 1.

[0021] The rails 6 are constructed as a box-type profile with doublewalls, and the outer walls of the rails 6 are provided with openings ordepressions 13.

[0022] At one end, the rails 6 have a spring-loaded press-on part 17that in the example embodiment shown is pressed against the drawer rearwall 3 by springs 18. The rails 6 are thus braced between the front wall11 and the drawer rear wall 3 by the expansion.

[0023] In order to increase stability of the rails 6, supporting struts7 are provided against which the rails 6 are supported and which arethemselves supported against the drawer base plate 4.

[0024] In the example embodiment shown, the supporting struts 7 eachhave a web-like projection 14 that is received in an opening in thelower edge of the rail 6.

[0025] The opening in the lower edged of the rail 6 is surrounded bycollar-like edges 15, and the web-like projection 14 is provided with ahead 16 that abuts against the edges 15. As a result of this, a stablepush-in connection is produced. As can be seen from FIG. 3, furtherdividers 10 in the manner of a display cabinet can be placed on thepartition walls 8, since the partition walls 8 are anchored in thedrawer 1 with sufficient stability by means of the rails 6.

What is claimed is:
 1. A drawer having a drawer side wall on each side,a rear wall, a front terminating wall such as a front wall or frontpanel, a drawer base plate and transverse dividers that extend from onedrawer side wall to the other, with a horizontal rail being arranged onthe inside of each drawer side wall, extending from the drawer rear wallto the front terminating wall and being provided with holes and/ordepressions in which holding tabs or the like of the dividers may latch,wherein the drawer side walls (2) are constructed without holes ordepressions and the rails (6) abut laterally against the drawer sidewalls (2) without being anchored thereto.
 2. A drawer as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the height (h) of the rails (6) is less than the height(H) of the drawer side walls (2).
 3. A drawer as claimed in claim 2,wherein the rails (6) are arranged spaced from the lower and upper edgesof the drawer side walls (2).
 4. A drawer as claimed in claim 1, whereinthe rails (6) have at least at one end a sprung press-on part (17) bymeans of which they are supported against the rear wall (3).
 5. A draweras claimed in claim 1, wherein the rails (6) have at least at one end asprung press-on part (17) by means of which they are supported againstthe front terminating wall.
 6. A drawer as claimed in claim 1, whereinthe rails (6) are supported against the drawer base plate (4) by way ofat least one supporting strut (7).
 7. A drawer as claimed in claim 6,wherein each rail (6) is supported against the drawer base plate (4) byway of two supporting struts (7).
 8. A drawer as claimed in claim 6,wherein the supporting struts (7) have on the upper edge projections(14) that are received in depressions in the lower edge of the rails(3).
 9. A drawer as claimed in claim 6, wherein the supporting struts(7) have on the upper edge projections (14) that are received inopenings in the lower edge of the rails (3).
 10. A drawer as claimed inclaim 8 or 9, wherein the projections (14) are constructed to beweb-like.
 11. A drawer as claimed in claim 8 or 9, wherein theprojections (14) have heads (16) that abut against edges (15) of therails (6) that delimit the openings.
 12. A drawer as claimed in claim 1,wherein the drawer side walls (2) are made from a wood material.